[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[Annotator "Mark Crowther"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[GameId "2272784766433709"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 {Abdusattorov knew there would be a sharp line,
he has played this as white on occasion and knew some good lines.} 4...Bxb4 
{[%cal Bc5b4,Bb4a5,Ba5b6][%mdl 32]} 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.O-O Bb6 $1 
{C52: Evans Gambit Accepted: 5 c3 Ba5.} 9.Nbd2 {9.Nbd2 scores better than
9.Bb5.} 9...Na5 10.Qc2 Nxc4 {The position is equal.} ( 10...Ne7 {seems wilder.} 
11.dxe5 Ng6 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Rd1 O-O ) 11.Nxc4 Qc6 {11...exd4 is vanishing.} 
12.Nxb6 {White sacrificed a pawn} 12...axb6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Qe6 $5 {[%mdl
4] This was as a result of Abdusattorov forgetting his intended line. It's not a
terrible mistake but white is maybe a tiny bit better.} ( 14...Qa4 {is the main
line.} ) 15.f4 $146 ( {Predecessor:} 15.Nf3 Ne7 16.Bf4 Qc4 17.Ne5 Qc5 18.Nd3 
Qc4 19.Ne5 Qc5 20.Qd3 Ra3 21.Qg3 {1-0 Mueller,C (1600)-Alferova,E (1718) GER-chT
U16 Girls Neumuenster 2022 (2)} ) 15...Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6][%mdl
32]} 16.c4 O-O {[%cal Ob6b5]} 17.Bb2 Qe7 18.a4 $6 {[%eval 9,23] [%wdl 6,992,2]
Already not the right idea. This is now equal.} ( 18.h3 $14 {[%eval 68,22] [%wdl
142,858,0]} ) 18...Nd7 $11 19.Nf3 {Opposite bishops and equal position} 19...f6 
$6 {[%eval 47,21] [%wdl 49,951,0]} ( 19...Nc5 $11 {[%eval 0,21] [%wdl 4,992,4]} 
) 20.Rfe1 {[%eval 3,22] [%wdl 4,993,3]} ( 20.Rae1 $14 {[%eval 47,21] [%wdl
49,951,0]} ) ( 20.f5 $1 {was most likely Erigaisi's best chance in the game,
it's not much but it's likely to be something.} ) 20...Nc5 21.e5 f5 {The
position is nominally equal but black has the easier position to play.} 22.Nd4 
{[%eval -17,25] [%wdl 2,988,10]} ( 22.Ba3 $1 {[%eval 25,23] [%wdl 15,984,1]
deserves consideration.} ) 22...Ne6 23.Nxf5 $6 Qf7 24.Ne3 Nxf4 25.Nd5 Be6 
26.Nxf4 $2 {Now white is clearly worse.} 26...Qxf4 27.Rad1 $2 {[%eval -168,17]
[%wdl 0,15,985]} ( 27.Bc1 $17 {[%eval -114,23] [%wdl 0,292,708]} 27...Qxc4 
28.Qxc4 Bxc4 29.e6 ) 27...Rad8 {[%eval -131,24] [%wdl 0,133,867]} ( {Black
should try} 27...Qf5 $19 {[%eval -168,17] [%wdl 0,15,985]} 28.Qe2 Qg6 ( 
28...Rxa4 29.Rd4 $17 ) ) 28.Rxd8 {[%eval -182,19] [%wdl 0,5,995]} ( 28.Bc1 $17 
{[%eval -131,24] [%wdl 0,133,867]} 28...Rxd1 ( 28...Qxc4 29.Qxc4 Bxc4 30.Ba3 
$17 ) 29.Rxd1 Qxe5 30.h3 ) 28...Rxd8 $19 29.Bc1 Qh4 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128]} 30.Re4 
Qe7 {aiming for ...Bf5.} 31.Re3 {[%eval -231,17] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} ( 31.Qb3 
{[%eval -165,22] [%wdl 0,15,985] is a better defense.} ) 31...Qc5 {[%cal Od8d4]} 
32.h3 Rd4 $1 {This is all powerful stuff from Abdusattorov.} 33.Ba3 $2 {[%eval
-404,17] [%wdl 0,0,1000] There's no fun to be had in this position for white.
This accelerates the loss.} ( 33.Bb2 {[%eval -222,21] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} 
33...Rxc4 {[%csl Oe3][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} ( 33...Qxc4 $2 34.Rc3 $19 ) 
34.Qd3 ) 33...Rd1+ $3 {[%csl Oe3][%mdl 576]} 34.Kf2 Rf1+ {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 
35.Kxf1 Qxe3 {[%mdl 4096]} 36.Bb2 Qc5 $1 {Good precision.} 37.Ke2 Bxc4+ ( 
37...Qxc4+ {is also winning but he doesn't have to decide just yet.} ) 38.Kd2 
Qf2+ 39.Kc3 Qxc2+ 40.Kxc2 {In spite of the endgame being bishops of opposite
colours, this is hopeless for white. The added advantage for Abdusattorov is
that he has no losing chances now.} 40...Kf7 41.e6+ Kxe6 {Black is clearly
winning.} 42.Bxg7 Bf1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 43.g3 Bxh3 44.Kc3 Kd5 45.Kb4 Bf1 
46.Bf6 c5+ 47.Kb3 b5 48.axb5 Bxb5 {This duo of Queenside pawns is a winner.} 
49.Be7 Kc6 50.Bf6 Be2 51.Be7 b5 52.Bf6 b4 53.Ka4 Kb6 {[%cal Re2d1]} 54.Bd8+ Ka6 
{[%cal Re2d1]} 55.Kb3 Bd3 0-1

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[GameId "2272842163090570"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 c5 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 
6...Nbd7 ) ( {Or} 6...b6 ) 7.dxc5 dxc4 $146 ( {Theoretical move is} 7...Bxc5 ) 
8.Bxc4 Bxc5 9.Nf3 a6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Bd3 b6 12.Rd1 Bb7 13.Ne5 $1 h6 $1 14.Bh7+ 
Kh8 15.O-O Qc8 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Bd3 Be7 18.Qe2 $1 f5 19.Rc1 Nc5 20.Bb1 Bf6 21.f3 
Qc6 22.Bg3 Rad8 23.Rc2 $1 Qd7 24.Ba2 Nd3 25.Kh1 Bc6 26.Rd2 $1 Nf4 27.Rxd7 Nxe2 
28.Rxd8 Nxg3+ 29.hxg3 Rxd8 30.Bxe6 g6 31.Rc1 Rd6 32.Bc8 a5 33.Ba6 Bg5 34.Re1 
Rd2 35.e4 $1 Rxb2 36.exf5 Bd2 37.Re6 Bd7 38.Rd6 $11 Bxf5 $2 {[%eval 286,13]
Stockfish 18:} ( 38...Bxc3 {[%eval 12,19] Stockfish 18:} 39.Rxd7 gxf5 40.a4 Rb4 
41.Bb5 f4 42.gxf4 Rxf4 43.Rd3 Rh4+ 44.Kg1 Bd4+ 45.Kf1 Bc5 46.g3 Rh2 47.Rd8+ Kh7 
48.Rd7+ Kg6 49.Be2 ) 39.Nd1 Rc2 40.g4 Bxg4 41.fxg4 Bf4 42.Rd3 Kg7 43.Bb5 Kf6 
44.g3 Bb8 45.a4 Kg5 46.Ne3 Ra2 47.Rd5+ Kf6 48.g5+ $1 hxg5 49.Ng4+ Ke6 50.Rxg5 
Ra3 51.Rxg6+ Kf5 52.Rxb6 Bxg3 53.Bd7+ Kf4 54.Rf6+ Kg5 55.Rf7 Ra2 56.Ne3 Bb8 $1 
57.Rf5+ Kh4 58.Rxa5 Kg3 59.Nf1+ Kf3 60.Rf5+ Bf4 61.Bc6+ Kg4 62.Rc5 Ra1 63.Bb5 
$1 Kf3 64.Rc3+ Kf2 65.Rc2+ {White loses 0.07 pawn per move (no errors), Black
loses 0.14 pawn per move (1 mistake).} 1-0

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[GameId "2272844245296435"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O e5 $6 ( 
{Theory prefers} 8...dxc4 $1 ) 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 $5 ( {Theory prefers} 10.e4 
$1 ) 10...Bb8 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Bd2 a6 14.Bc3 Bxc3 15.Nxc3 d4 16.Ne4 
h6 17.Rad1 dxe3 18.Bc4 Qe7 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.fxe3 Qe7 21.Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 22.Qg6 Bg4 
23.Rf1 Rf8 24.Bxf7+ Rxf7 25.Rxf7 Qxf7 26.Qxg4 Qxa2 27.Qc8+ Kh7 28.Qxb7 Qb1+ 
29.Kf2 Qc2+ 30.Kg3 Qg6+ 31.Kf4 Qg5+ 32.Kf3 Qf5+ 33.Kg3 Qg6+ 34.Kf2 Qc2+ 35.Kg3 
Qg6+ 36.Kf2 Qc2+ 37.Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[GameId "2272855952237910"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.Nf3 Bf5 8.Nh4 Bc8 9.Bf4 
Nh5 $1 10.Bxb8 Rxb8 11.e3 g6 12.Nf3 Bg7 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Bg4 15.Ne5 Bxe2 
16.Nxe2 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Qc7 18.f4 f6 19.Qd4 Ng7 20.Qc3 fxe5 21.fxe5 Ne6 22.b4 Ng5 
23.Nf4 Rf5 24.Nd3 Rbf8 25.Rf4 Qd7 26.Raf1 Ne4 27.Qc1 Qe6 28.Qb2 Rxf4 29.exf4 g5 
30.Qe2 gxf4 31.Qh5 Qf5 32.Qxf5 Rxf5 33.g4 Rf8 34.Rxf4 Ra8 35.h4 Nc3 36.Rf2 a5 
37.bxa5 Rxa5 38.e6 Ra4 39.g5 Rd4 40.Rf3 Nxa2 $2 {[%eval -27,19] Stockfish 18:} 
( 40...Ne4 {[%eval -133,16] This is clearly the best move and kills most of
white's play, but was obviously a bit hard to see.} 41.Ne5 Nxc5 42.Rf7 Rxh4 
43.Rxe7 Re4 44.Re8+ Kg7 45.Re7+ Kf8 46.g6 Rxe5 47.gxh7 ) 41.Nf2 Rxh4 42.Rf7 Rh5 
43.Rxe7 Rxg5+ 44.Kh2 Kf8 45.Rxb7 Re5 46.Rxh7 Rxe6 47.Kg3 Nc1 48.Kf4 Ke8 49.Kf5 
Re7 50.Rxe7+ Kxe7 51.Ke5 Kd7 52.Ng4 Ke7 53.Nf2 Ne2 54.Nd3 Kd7 55.Nb4 Nc3 56.Kd4 
Nb5+ 57.Ke5 Nc7 58.Kd4 Ne6+ 59.Ke5 Nxc5 60.Nxd5 $1 cxd5 61.Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[GameId "2272844979963196"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.d4 
d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nbd2 a5 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 11...Nfd7 $1 ) 12.Nxe5 dxe5 
13.Nf1 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Ba6 15.Bg5 Rfd8 16.Ne3 Kf8 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nc4 Bxc4 19.Bxc4 
Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.Kf1 c6 23.Ke2 Bb6 24.c3 bxc3 25.bxc3 Ke7 
26.Ba2 Bc5 27.Bb3 Bb6 28.Ba2 Bc5 29.Bb3 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[GameId "2272856243905920"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Qe7 7.Nbd2 a5 $6 ( 
{Theory prefers} 7...Bg4 $1 ) 8.Nc4 Nd7 9.Ne3 $146 ( {Theoretical move is} 9.c3 
) 9...f6 10.Nf5 Qf7 11.Re1 h5 12.c3 Nb6 13.Be3 Bxf5 $1 14.Bxc5 Be6 15.Qe2 Nd7 
16.Be3 O-O 17.a4 c5 18.d4 b6 19.dxe5 Bc4 20.Qd2 Rad8 21.b4 cxb4 22.cxb4 Nc5 
23.Qxd8 $1 Rxd8 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.exf6 gxf6 26.Rac1 Bb3 27.Rxc5 Bxa4 28.Nd4 Qe7 
29.Nf3 Rd1 30.Rxd1 Bxd1 31.Rxa5 Qxe4 32.Nd2 Qb7 $1 33.h3 $1 Kf7 34.Ra7 Qb8 
35.Ne4 Be2 36.Ng3 Bd1 37.Ra1 Qd8 38.Rc1 Qd7 39.Rc4 Bb3 40.Rc5 Bd1 41.Nf5 Bc2 
42.Nd4 Bg6 43.Nb5 c6 44.Nd4 Be4 45.Rxh5 Qd6 46.f3 $2 {[%eval -144,15] Stockfish
18:} ( 46.Ra5 {[%eval 0,20] Stockfish 18:} 46...c5 47.Nf3 Qd1+ 48.Kh2 Bxf3 
49.gxf3 Qxf3 50.Rxc5 Qe4 51.Kg3 Kg6 52.Kh2 Kf7 ) 46...Bd3 47.Kf2 c5 $2 {[%eval
0,28] Stockfish 18:} ( 47...Qb4 {[%eval -103,16] Stockfish 18:} 48.Nxc6 Qb2+ 
49.Kg1 Qc3 50.Nd8+ Kg6 51.Rh6+ Kg7 52.Kf2 Qb2+ 53.Kg1 Qe2 54.Ne6+ Kf7 55.Bd4 
Kxe6 ) 48.Nf5 Bxf5 49.Rxf5 c4 50.Rc5 Qd3 51.Rc7+ Ke6 52.Rc6+ Ke7 53.h4 Qc2+ 
54.Kg3 Qd3 55.Bf4 Qd5 56.Rc7+ Ke6 57.h5 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "88th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 
6...Na6 $1 ) ( {Or} 6...c5 $1 ) 7.d5 $5 ( {Theory prefers} 7.Nf3 ) 7...Ne5 
8.Rc1 c6 9.Nf3 Nfg4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bf4 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.O-O Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Ne5 
15.Bxe5 Bxe5 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Bxc6 Rc8 18.Be4 $1 Bxe4 19.Nxe4 Bxb2 20.Rb1 $1 Be5 
21.Qd5+ Kh8 22.Rb7 Rf5 23.Qe6 Rc7 24.Rfb1 Rxb7 25.Rxb7 Qa5 26.Rb1 Kg7 27.h4 
Qxa2 28.Rf1 Bf4 $1 29.Qxe7+ Rf7 30.Qe6 Qe2 31.Rb1 Be5 32.Qd5 a5 33.g3 Bb2 
34.Rf1 a4 35.Nxd6 Re7 36.c5 a3 37.c6 $1 Bf6 $2 {Stockfish 18: +2.89/15} ( 
37...Qe5 {Stockfish 18: +0.26/19} 38.Qxe5+ Rxe5 39.c7 Rc5 40.c8=Q Rxc8 41.Nxc8 
a2 42.Nb6 a1=Q 43.Rxa1 Bxa1 44.Nd5 Be5 45.Kg2 h5 46.Kf3 Bd4 47.Ne3 Bc3 48.g4 
hxg4+ 49.Kxg4 Kf7 50.Nd5 Be1 51.Nf4 Bd2 ) 38.Nc8 $2 {Stockfish 18: 0.00/17} ( 
38.Qa5 {Stockfish 18: +2.89/15} 38...a2 39.c7 Re3 40.fxe3 Qxe3+ 41.Kg2 a1=R 
42.c8=Q Rxa5 ) 38...Rc7 39.Qd6 $2 {Stockfish 18: -1.39/17} ( 39.Nd6 {Stockfish
18: 0.00/21} 39...a2 40.Nb5 Rf7 41.c7 a1=Q 42.Rxa1 Bxa1 43.Qxf7+ Kxf7 44.c8=Q 
Qxb5 45.Qc7+ Kg8 46.Qd8+ Kf7 47.Qc7+ ) 39...Qe5 40.Qxa3 Rxc8 41.Rc1 Rc7 42.Qf3 
Qe6 43.Rc2 Qd6 44.Kg2 h5 45.Qe4 Rf7 46.Qc4 Rc7 47.Qe4 Bd8 48.Qc4 Kh7 49.Qc3 
Qd5+ 50.Qf3 Qd6 51.Qc3 Bf6 52.Qc4 Be5 53.Qe4 Qf6 54.Qf3 Qd6 55.Qe4 Kg7 56.Qc4 
Qf6 57.Qc5 Bd4 58.Qc4 Bb6 59.Qc3 Bd4 60.Qc4 Kh7 $1 61.Rd2 Bb6 62.Rc2 Rf7 63.Qd5 
Kg7 64.Qb3 Qf5 65.Re2 Kh7 66.f4 Bc7 67.Qc4 Kg7 68.Qd4+ Qf6 69.Qxf6+ Kxf6 70.Kf3 
Bd6 71.Rd2 Ke6 72.Ke4 Ra7 73.Rc2 Bc7 74.Rc5 $2 {Stockfish 18: -2.35/15} ( 
74.Kf3 {Stockfish 18: -0.76/18} 74...Kd5 75.Kg2 Bd6 76.Kf3 Ra3+ 77.Kg2 Bc7 
78.Kh2 Rb3 79.Kg2 Re3 80.Kh2 Re7 81.Rc1 Bb6 82.Rf1 Re2+ 83.Kh3 Bc7 84.Rc1 ) 
74...Ra3 $1 75.Rg5 Kf6 76.Kd4 Ra6 77.Kd5 $4 {Stockfish 18: -5.76/15} ( 77.Ke4 
{Stockfish 18: -1.99/20} 77...Ra4+ 78.Kf3 Rc4 79.Kg2 Rxc6 80.Rd5 Bd6 81.Kh3 Be7 
82.Rd2 Rc5 83.Rd1 Kf5 84.Rd7 Bf6 ) 77...Ra5+ 78.Ke4 Rxg5 79.hxg5+ Ke6 80.Kf3 
Kf5 $1 81.Kg2 Kg4 82.Kf2 h4 83.gxh4 Bxf4 {White loses 0.19 pawn per move (1
blunder, 3 mistakes), Black loses 0.1 pawn per move (1 mistake).} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Maurizzi, MarcAndria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Bd7 7.Re1 g6 8.d4 Bg7 9.h3 
O-O 10.Bc2 Nh5 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 10...Re8 ) 11.Be3 Qe8 12.Nbd2 Kh8 13.Nc4 
Rc8 14.a4 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Bxf5 gxf5 17.dxe5 Qf7 18.Nxd6 $2 {Stockfish 18:
-0.77/11} ( 18.Ng5 {Stockfish 18: +0.41/15} 18...Qg6 ) 18...cxd6 19.exd6 Rcd8 
20.Qd3 Qg6 21.Rad1 Rd7 22.Kh1 Bf6 23.Qc4 f4 24.Bxf4 Rg7 25.Rg1 Bxc3 $2 
{Stockfish 18: +1.34/12} ( 25...Nxf4 {Stockfish 18: -0.34/17} ) 26.Bh2 Bxb2 
27.Qb3 $1 Bf6 28.d7 Bd8 $1 29.Qxb7 Nf6 30.Ne5 Nxe5 31.Bxe5 Qf5 32.Rde1 a5 
33.Qb3 Rxd7 34.g4 Qxf2 $2 {Stockfish 18: +0.17/17} ( 34...Rd3 {Stockfish 18:
-0.84/13} 35.gxf5 Rxb3 36.Re3 Rxe3 37.fxe3 h6 38.Bd4 Kh7 39.Rb1 Kg8 40.Rb7 Nh5 
41.e4 Bg5 42.Kg2 Rd8 43.Be5 Nf6 44.Kf3 ) 35.g5 Rd2 $4 {Stockfish 18: +3.67/18} 
( 35...Rg7 {Stockfish 18: +0.22/16} 36.Ref1 Qe2 37.Qb2 Qd3 38.Kh2 Bc7 39.Rxf6 
Bxe5+ 40.Qxe5 Rxf6 41.Qxf6 Qc2+ 42.Rg2 Qc7+ 43.Kh1 Qc8 44.Rg4 Kg8 45.Qd6 Qc1+ 
46.Rg1 Qc8 47.Kh2 Qc2+ 48.Rg2 Qc7 ) 36.gxf6 $2 {Stockfish 18: +0.04/15} ( 
36.Qa3 {Stockfish 18: +3.67/18} ) 36...Bxf6 37.Ref1 Bxe5 38.Rxf2 Rdxf2 39.Rg2 
Rf1+ 40.Rg1 R1f2 41.Rg2 Rf1+ 42.Rg1 R1f2 {White loses 0.31 pawn per move (2
mistakes), Black loses 0.29 pawn per move (1 blunder, 2 mistakes).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 d4 4.g3 Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne1 
e5 10.Nc2 Bc5 11.Bg5 $1 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.a3 Qe7 14.Nd2 f5 15.Qb1 Ra6 16.b4 
axb4 17.Nb3 bxa3 18.Nxc5 Qxc5 19.Qb5 Qe7 20.Rfb1 e4 $1 21.Qb3 exd3 $1 22.Qxd3 
f4 23.Be4 Qf6 24.Rxa3 fxg3 $1 25.Qxg3 Rxa3 26.Nxa3 Ne5 $1 27.Rb5 Ng4 28.f3 c6 
29.Ra5 $2 {Stockfish 18: -4.94/14} ( 29.Rb1 {Stockfish 18: -2.47/17} 29...Ne5 ) 
29...d3 $1 30.Bxd3 Qa1+ 31.Kg2 $1 Ne3+ 32.Kf2 Qd4 33.Qg6 Nxc4+ 34.Ke1 Nxa5 
{White loses 0.12 pawn per move (1 mistake), Black loses 0.01 pawn per move (no
errors).} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "C58"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Qe2 Bd6 $1 ( 
{Theory prefers} 7...Be7 $1 ) 8.Nc3 c6 9.dxc6 Nxc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qd3 Bc7 12.Nd5 
Bf5 $1 13.Qxf5 Qxd5 14.Bxc6 Qxc6 15.Re1 h6 16.Ne4 Nd5 17.d3 Ne7 18.Qh3 f5 
19.Nc3 Ng6 20.Bd2 Rad8 21.Rad1 Rd4 22.g3 Rg4 23.Kf1 $1 Bb6 24.Be3 $1 Bxe3 
25.Rxe3 Rb4 26.Rb1 f4 27.Re4 Rxe4 28.dxe4 b5 $1 29.a3 a5 30.Re1 b4 31.axb4 axb4 
32.Nd5 Qxc2 33.Qe6+ Kh7 34.Ne7 Nxe7 35.Qxe7 Qc8 $1 36.Qh4 $2 {Stockfish 18:
-2.41/16} ( 36.Rd1 {Stockfish 18: -0.69/16} ) 36...Rf6 $1 37.Qh5 f3 $1 38.Kg1 
Qc5 39.h4 $2 {Stockfish 18: -2.58/12} ( 39.g4 {Stockfish 18: -1.42/18} ) 
39...Qd4 40.b3 Qc3 41.Rb1 Qc8 42.Kh2 Qc2 43.Rf1 Qxe4 44.Rc1 Rg6 $1 45.Kg1 $1 
Rd6 46.Qf7 Qg4 $1 47.Kh2 Rd2 48.Rf1 Re2 49.Qd5 $2 {Stockfish 18: -2.77/17} ( 
49.Qf8 {Stockfish 18: -1.68/18} 49...Rd2 ) 49...h5 $2 {Stockfish 18: -1.10/21} 
( 49...e4 {Stockfish 18: -2.77/17} 50.Qd4 Qe6 51.Rd1 e3 52.g4 exf2 53.Rf1 Qxb3 
54.Kg3 Qc3 55.Qf4 b3 56.Qf5+ Kg8 57.Qd5+ Kh8 ) 50.Qb7 Rb2 51.Qf7 Rd2 52.Qb7 $2 
{Stockfish 18: -3.25/14} ( 52.Qf8 {Stockfish 18: -1.54/17} 52...e4 53.Qc5 Rd3 
54.Qb5 Qg6 55.Qxb4 Qf5 56.Qe1 Qd5 57.Qb1 Rd2 58.b4 Kh6 59.Qe1 Re2 60.Qc3 e3 
61.Kh1 ) 52...Rd3 $2 {Stockfish 18: -1.23/18} ( 52...e4 {Stockfish 18: -3.25/14} 
53.Qa7 Re2 54.Qd4 Qf5 55.Qxb4 e3 56.g4 hxg4 57.Qd4 Rxf2+ 58.Rxf2 exf2 59.Qxf2 
Qf4+ 60.Kh1 g3 61.Qc2+ Kg8 ) 53.Qf7 Qg6 54.Qe7 Rd4 55.Rc1 Rd2 56.Kg1 $2 
{Stockfish 18: -3.87/16} ( 56.Qa7 {Stockfish 18: -1.87/16} 56...e4 57.Qc5 Qf7 
58.Rf1 Re2 59.Qxb4 Qd5 60.Qc4 Qxc4 61.bxc4 Kg6 62.g4 hxg4 63.Kg3 Kf5 64.Rg1 Rd2 
65.c5 Rc2 66.Re1 Rxc5 67.Ra1 e3 68.fxe3 Rc2 69.Ra5+ Ke4 70.Kxg4 Rg2+ 71.Kh3 ) 
56...Qb6 57.Rc5 $2 {Stockfish 18: -6.03/13} ( 57.Qc5 {Stockfish 18: -3.87/15} 
57...Qxc5 ) 57...Rd1+ 58.Kh2 Rc1 $1 59.Qg5 Rxc5 $1 60.Qxh5+ Qh6 {White loses
0.24 pawn per move (6 mistakes), Black loses 0.09 pawn per move (2 mistakes).} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 
9.d5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 exd5 11.Bxd5 Nd7 12.O-O O-O 13.e4 Nb6 14.Re1 Nxd5 15.exd5 
Qd6 $1 16.c4 Bd7 17.Qb3 b5 $1 18.Ne5 b4 19.Qg3 a5 20.Re3 a4 21.Rae1 Bf5 22.f4 
Bc2 $1 23.h3 Rfe8 24.Rc1 b3 25.axb3 axb3 26.Rxb3 $1 Bxb3 27.Qxb3 f6 28.Ng6 Re4 
29.Qg3 Qd7 30.Re1 Ra3 $2 {Stockfish 18: -0.27/17} ( 30...Rae8 {Stockfish 18:
-1.70/16} 31.Rxe4 Rxe4 32.Qf3 Rxc4 33.Qe3 Rd4 34.Kh2 Kf7 35.Nh8+ Kf8 36.Ng6+ 
Kg8 ) 31.Qh4 $4 {Stockfish 18: -3.88/14} ( 31.Qxa3 {Stockfish 18: -0.27/17} 
31...Rxe1+ 32.Kh2 Re8 33.Qd3 Rd8 34.Qe4 Qe8 35.Qf5 Qf7 36.Qe4 Qd7 37.Qd3 Kf7 
38.Kg3 ) 31...Qe8 32.Rxe4 Qxe4 33.Qg4 h5 34.Qe6+ Qxe6 35.dxe6 Rc3 36.Kf2 Rxc4 
37.Ke3 Rc1 38.Kd3 Rg1 39.Kc4 Rxg2 40.f5 $2 {Stockfish 18: -8.36/16} ( 40.Nh4 
{Stockfish 18: -4.36/17} 40...Re2 41.Kxc5 Rxe6 42.Kd4 Kh7 43.f5 Re5 44.Kd3 Rb5 
45.Ke2 Rb3 46.Kf2 ) 40...Rxg6 $1 41.fxg6 Kf8 42.Kxc5 Ke7 43.Kd5 h4 44.Ke4 Kxe6 
45.Kf4 f5 46.Kg5 Ke5 47.Kxh4 f4 $1 {White loses 0.23 pawn per move (1 blunder, 1
mistake), Black loses 0.03 pawn per move (1 mistake).} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Roebers, Eline"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[Opening "English opening"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 d4 5.d3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Na3 $146 ( {Theoretical
move is} 7.O-O $1 ) 7...Bc5 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nc2 O-O 10.a3 a4 11.Re1 $1 Qd6 12.Bg5 
h6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nd2 Bb6 15.Nb4 Nb8 16.b3 $2 {Stockfish 18: -0.18/15} ( 
16.Ne4 {Stockfish 18: +0.85/13} 16...Qe7 17.c5 Ba5 18.Qxa4 f5 19.Nd2 Qxc5 
20.Qd1 Qe7 21.Nc2 c5 22.b4 Bb6 ) 16...axb3 17.Nxb3 Nd7 18.Nc2 f5 19.a4 c6 20.a5 
Ba7 21.Qd2 Kh7 22.Qf4 Qxf4 23.gxf4 Bb8 24.Ncxd4 Bxf4 25.Reb1 Rg8 26.h3 Ra6 
27.Kf1 Bd6 28.Nc2 e5 29.Ra4 Nc5 30.Nxc5 Bxc5 31.Nb4 Ra7 32.Ra2 Be6 33.a6 Bd6 
34.Raa1 e4 $1 35.dxe4 Bxc4 36.axb7 Rxb7 $1 37.Nd3 Rxb1+ 38.Rxb1 fxe4 39.Bxe4+ 
Kh8 40.Bxc6 Bh2 41.Bg2 Bxd3 42.exd3 Rd8 43.Be4 Be5 44.Rb5 Bd4 45.Rb7 Kg7 46.Kg2 
Rd6 47.f4 Ra6 48.Rd7 Bc5 49.Kf3 Ra7 50.Rd5 Be7 51.Rf5 Bf6 52.Rb5 Bd4 53.Bd5 Re7 
54.Kg4 Bf6 55.h4 Rd7 56.h5 Re7 57.Kf3 Bd4 58.Be4 Rd7 59.Bf5 Re7 60.Rd5 Bf6 
61.Rd6 Re8 62.Rc6 Re7 63.Be4 Rd7 64.Rc4 Rd4 65.Rc7 Bd8 66.Rb7 Kf6 67.Rb5 Rd6 
68.Rc5 Bb6 69.Rc8 Bd4 70.Rb8 Ba7 71.Rb5 Bd4 72.Bd5 Rd8 73.Ke4 Ba7 74.Bc4 Rd4+ 
75.Kf3 Rd7 76.Ra5 Bd4 77.Ke4 Bg1 78.Rf5+ Kg7 79.Kf3 Bb6 80.Ke2 Re7+ 81.Kd2 Be3+ 
82.Kc3 Rd7 83.Kb4 f6 84.Kc3 Rd6 85.Kc2 Rd4 86.Rb5 Rxf4 87.Rb7+ Kf8 88.Rf7+ Ke8 
89.Rh7 Rh4 90.Bd5 Kd8 91.Bf3 Rh3 92.Bg4 Rh4 93.Bf3 {White loses 0.09 pawn per
move (1 mistake), Black loses 0.09 pawn per move (no errors).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "D90"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Three knights variation"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h4 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.d5 b5 8.h5 Nxh5 9.Nxb5 
Qa5+ 10.Nc3 Nd7 11.Bd2 Rb8 12.Rb1 Ba6 13.Be2 Qc7 $1 14.Qc1 Bd4 $1 15.Be3 Bxe3 
16.Qxe3 Qf4 17.Kd2 $1 Rb6 18.Rh4 Qxe3+ 19.Kxe3 Nhf6 20.e5 g5 $1 21.Nxg5 Nxe5 
22.Nge4 Ned7 23.Bxc4 Rg8 24.Bxa6 Rxa6 25.g3 Nxe4 26.Rxe4 Rg5 27.Rd1 Rb6 28.b3 
a6 $1 29.Kf3 Rf5+ 30.Kg2 Rb4 31.Re2 Re5 32.Rc2 $1 Nf6 33.Na4 Nxd5 34.Nxc5 Rb6 
35.Nd3 Rg5 36.Rc8+ Kd7 37.Rf8 Rd6 $2 {Stockfish 18: +2.27/14} ( 37...Rf5 
{Stockfish 18: +1.21/16} ) 38.Nc5+ Kc7 39.Rc1 Nf4+ $1 40.Kf3 Ng6 41.Ne4+ Kd7 
42.Rfc8 Rf5+ 43.Ke3 Rd1 $2 {Stockfish 18: +4.35/14} ( 43...Rb6 {Stockfish 18:
+1.70/17} ) 44.R1c7+ Ke6 45.Rc6+ Kd7 46.Nc5+ Rxc5 47.Rxc5 Ne5 48.Rc1 {White
loses 0.03 pawn per move (no errors), Black loses 0.16 pawn per move (2
mistakes).} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Panesar, Vedant"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[EventDate "2026.01.17"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Be2 Be7 12. Qd2 Bh4+ 13. g3 Be7 14. O-O-O a5 15.
Bd3 Bd7 16. Qe1 a4 17. Nd2 O-O 18. f4 Bg4 19. Be2 Bf5 20. Nc4 Nd7 21. Qb4 exf4
22. Bxf4 Nc5 23. Bxh5 a3 24. b3 Bg5 25. Ne3 Be4 26. Rhf1 Rc8 27. Kb1 Qf6 28. Qd4
Qh6 29. Bg4 f5 30. Bxg5 Qxg5 31. Be2 Rfe8 32. Bb5 Nxb3 33. axb3 Qxe3 34. Bc4
Rxc4 35. Qxc4 b5 36. Qb4 Rc8 37. Rc1 Bxc2+ 38. Rxc2 a2+ 39. Rxa2 Qd3+ 40. Kb2
Qe2+ 0-1

